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Cell Bands

Bands below are in MHz

AT&T:
2G (EDGE): Runs on 850 and 1900 (depends on area. Suggest having a phone that does both. Technology is being phased out.)
3G (UMTS, HSPA): Runs on 850 and 1900 (depends on area. Suggest having a phone that does both). Sometimes AT&T calls HSPA 4G to confuse the issue.
4G (LTE): Runs on 700. Band is incompatible with Verizon LTE. Will soon also run on 1700 (AWS).

Verizon:
2G (1xRTT): Runs mostly on 850 and 1900 in some area. Technology will be phased out eventually, but currently all voice uses 1x.
3G (EV/DO): Runs on 850 and 1900 (mostly on 1900 lately). Most USA-based CDMA phones have both bands. Some from Japan/Australia do not.
4G (LTE): Runs on 700. Band is incompatible with AT&T LTE. Will soon also run on 1700 (AWS).

T-Mobile:
2G (EDGE): Runs on 1900. Technology will be phased out over the next few years.
3G (UMTS, HSPA): Runs on 1700 (AWS). Has started adding 1900 coverage primarily to allow iPhones to operate on 3G. T-Mobile calls this 4G.
4G (LTE): No LTE to date. Will start rolling out on 1700 (AWS) in 2013 starting with Las Vegas.

Sprint:
2G (1xRTT): Runs on 1900. Some coverage now on 800 (old Nextel frequency - incompatible with Verizon) in a few selected markets such as Chicago. Technology will be phased out eventually, but currently all voice uses 1x.
3G (EV/DO): Runs on 1900.
4G (LTE): Runs on 1900. Will eventually also run on 800 (old Nextel frequency - incompatible with Verizon). Will eventually run on 2500 band.

 

 



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